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Recent Examples of outwardly
The cars do not have operating engines or transmissions, but, outwardly, are identical in every way.
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
There are some conditions that make our mosaic nature outwardly apparent.
—Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
These differences were stronger in young people with more behavior problems that are shown outwardly, such as aggression, frequent anger, irritability, and refusing to follow rules.
—Crista Marchesseault, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
Still, Adamolekun has remained outwardly positive about staying focused on success.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2026
There are some conditions that make our mosaic nature outwardly apparent.
—Jerome Groopman, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
These differences were stronger in young people with more behavior problems that are shown outwardly, such as aggression, frequent anger, irritability, and refusing to follow rules.
—Crista Marchesseault, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2026
Still, Adamolekun has remained outwardly positive about staying focused on success.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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Create foundations both internally and externally.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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Policymakers and international donors who want to respond effectively should resist the temptation to reach only for short-term, externally administered relief.—
Shobha Shetty,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Following the announcement, the four crew members shared one of their many group hugs on camera, before separating and visibly wiping tears.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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The group was visibly overwhelmed by the ecstatic response from the crowd.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Alex Cooper asked Alix Earle what’s the beef between them after Earle had seemingly been reposting and commenting on shady videos about her for some time.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
13 Apr. 2026
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The letter writer resented that a friend’s teenage son was uncommunicative, seemingly rude and wore headphones at joint family dinners.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Only one cardinal survived—smells like a snitch—and Urban was apparently disappointed by how little the other captive cardinals had screamed.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Lakers were connected, apparently having had time to adjust to the loss of their two leading scorers, LeBron James acting as a brilliant playmaker for scorching hot shooters like Kennard, who hit all five of his treys in scoring a career playoff-high 27 points.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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But because there was a change of possession, evidently the play wasn’t reviewable.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2026
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Back taxes evidently weren’t on his mind.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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For a play ostensibly about the huge broken thing that is America’s prison-industrial complex, The Fear of 13 spends little time thinking about larger systems, or even raging against the machine.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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The beasts were, ostensibly, running a menacing communications conglomerate in a satellite tower looking over the main field of Coachella, but now they were spooked.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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While some unions have successfully bargained for the right to supplement the QR codes with pen and paper, corporate has supposedly responded to that concession by refusing to stock more order cards.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, screenshots have supposedly popped up online of the former in an early festival programme.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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From the perspective of a world of increasingly unimaginable maldistribution of resources, cascading ecological collapse, a genocide cheered on by a putatively liberal order, both are barbarisms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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